Gana Bayarsaikhan

Gana Bayarsaikhan is a Mongolian model, TV, and film actress. She gained recognition for her role as 'the girl' in the 2019 film Waiting for the Barbarians and as Tuva Olsen in the 2020 Sky TV series Intelligence. Born and raised in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Bayarsaikhan began her career as a model and has been featured in Schön magazine. After completing drama training, she participated in a coaching program to improve her speech and accent for auditions. Bayarsaikhan made her screen acting debut as the android Jade in the 2015 film Ex Machina. She also appeared in small roles in films such as Ben-Hur (2016) and Wonder Woman (2017). With her lead role in Waiting for the Barbarians, Bayarsaikhan became the first Mongolian actress to star in a Hollywood movie.More